Child&#39;s garment-supporter.



D. BASCH.

CHILD'S GARMENT SUPPORTER. APPLICATION FILED IAN-3.1917.

1,262,620. iatented Apr. 16,1918.

%VENTOH ci ATTORNEY DAVID BLASCI-I, or

NEW YORK, N. Y., A GORPOEATTON on EW Y613K.

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' Specification of Letters latnt: Fatented Al ah-16,1918.

Application fiIedJ -nuary 3, 1917. Se ria1 No.1 40,39 9 i To all whom it may concern Be it known that LDAVID B'Ascrr, a cit'izen of the United States, and resident of New York county of Bronx and State'of New Yorl'ghave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cli'ild'rens' Gar- ,ment-Supporters, of which the following is childrens garment supporters, its object' is to provide a sinipleandeiiicientcombined Waist-band, suspenders and garters.

A further object is to so construct the parts. that the childs'back is. supportedduring' such movements of the body as make such back support desirable. A still further object is to arrange the parts in such a manner that the shoulderstraps are held in from the shoulders, so-that they have no tendency to pull the shoulders downwardly to produce round shoulders. i

In order that my invention be oughly; vunderstood I will now proceed to describe thesame in the following specifi:

cation? and then point out the novel features thereof in appended claims.

Referring to the drawinge; v

Figurel is a perspective viewof a childs garment supporter embodying. my invention.

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of a portion of the back part of my .improved garment supporter illustrating the operation of this part of the device.

Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation of a part of the device shown in Fig. 1, the section being taken on the line 33 of the latter figure.

Fig. 4: is a side elevation of another part of this garment supporter,this view being taken parallel with the line 4-4 of Fig. 1 and looking in the direction of the arrows.

Like characters of reference designate corresponding parts in all the figures.

1O designates a waist band, preferably of non-elastic textile material, adapted to be closed in front of the wearer by buttons 11 or other suitable means. The waist band also carries devices for securing garments thereto, such for example as buttons 12 in tons 13 at spaced intervals. Garters ltare' also affixed, to the" front part of the" waistband, suitably spaced apart.

2'O'20' are two oppositely inclined supporting members preferably of non'elfas'tic material. These are of the form of oblique angle triangles with their bases spaced apart" at 21 and secured to the" waist band 10, and

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. Anf termediatevertical strap 23 of" elastic niateri'allis. secured to the waist band rectlyin line with the buttons 12 at theba'ck' and is looped through a ring 214E, the elastic loop which is designated being sew d. togetherivith the upper ends of theinclined supporting members 120 at 22., The method of attachment between-the elastic strap 23 and the band 10 is shownin sand the arrangement at the upper end is'clearly shown in Fig. 4.

.The length of the elastic strap 23 in its contracted forinis preferably such that the three supporting members 2020 and 28 are smooth when the waist band 10' is stretched smootlita's shown in V Suspender straps 26 are fastenedQinany suitable. manner to the waist on' -eith'er side of the center ,infront asforlexafiiplc I by the angle straps 27. The Suspender straps are connected; to the angle straps 2 7 in a well known manner so that the height of the waistband may be adjusted'to suit the wearer. The straps arepreferably integral and extend through the flattened ring 24 at the back as clearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4.

The functioning of the parts is clearly brought out in Figs. 1 and 2. Assuming that especial tension is placed upon the band at the back as for example, when the wearer stoops over, the strain will not come entirely on the elastic strip 23 nor will it come directly and entirely upon the inclined supports 20. It will, on the contrary, tend to draw the band more tightly around the waist of the wearer, forming a slack section at the back as shown in Fig. 2 and putting a portion of the strain onto the elastic strap 23.

It will waist band 10 was inflexible and could not be slightly puckered in the back, the strain would be almost entirely borne by the inbe clearly understood that if the clined supports 20, but with the arrangement shown these members do 'inaterially support the strains but at the same time draw together at their lower ends, as indicated at 21*, Fig. 2, throwing a greater or less amount of strain on the elastic strap 23 which is between them and relieving the buttons of the severe strains to which they would otherwise be subjected and which would be very likely to pull them off. Moreover, the new positions assumed by the support 20 draws them snugly over the portions of the wearers back which is most affected by such body movement and effectively supports such parts of the back. It may be seen also that if the body is bent to one side or the other, the part of the back which is subjected to the greater strain will receive the maximum amount of support.

The suspender straps will accommodate themselves to various positions assumed by the body in the usual manner. The doubled elastic loop 25' allows for a certain amount of increase in length of the suspenders under strains, but it is to be noted that the single web of elastic of the part 23 yields more easily to such strains in order to permit the support 20 to function and to be drawn onto the back with the full pressure applied through the doubled loop 25.

Another point of importance is that the flattened ring 24 is high up between the shoulder blades where it not only prevents the strap from slipping off from the shoulders but where it holds the straps well in away from the outsides of the shoulders so that the downward pull on the Straps does not have the usual tendency to produce round shoulders.

Various modifications of the structure may be efiected within the spirit and scope of Copies ct this patent may be obtained for diate elastic strap joined to the inclined supports at their upper ends and to the waist" band between the non-elastic supports at its lower end. a

2. A garment supporter comprising a waistband, shoulder straps attached thereto near the front, a pair of non-elastic spaced supports affixed to the waist-band, inclined toward each other with their upper ends joined, an intermediate elastic strap from" said joined ends to the waist-band at a point between the spaced supports thereon, and an elastic connection of greater resistance than that of said elastic strap, between said joined ends and the shoulder straps.

3. A garment supporter comprising a waist-band, a continuous strip forming shoulder strap ttached thereto near the front, a ring through which said strip runs in the back adapted to hold said shoulder straps inwardly, a pair of non-elastic spaced supports aflixed to the waist-band, inclined toward each other with their upper ends joined, an intermediate elastic strap from said joined ends to the waist-band at a point between the spaced supports thereon, and a connection between said joined end and said r ng;

In witness whereof, I have hereunto set my hand this 3d day of December, 1916.

' DAVID 'BASCH.

Witness: 7

DAVID E. Bnons'rnm.

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